Monthly Archives: May 2021

When Super 8 landed in theaters in 2011, it served as the ultimate tribute by J.J. Abrams to a filmmaker who clearly had an enormous influence over him—Steven Spielberg. Super 8 is very much a Spielbergian-type film, what with its youthful protagonists, ever-present aliens, and conspiracies flying as fast as […]

Super 8 4K Review: A Sensational Spielbergian J.J. Abrams’ Movie.

May 29, 2021 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / J.J. Abrams / Super 8 by joeldamos

At its core, Riders of Justice is a rather simple story. Mads Mikkelsen is Markus, an elite Danish military man. He has spent more time on battlefields than with his family, as his daughter Mathilde (Andrea Heick Gadeberg) blazes through her teenage years. Things change drastically and tragically when Mathilde […]

Riders of Justice Review: Mads Mikkelsen Dazzles in Danish Drama

May 29, 2021 in Movie Reviews tagged Mads Mikkelsen / Movie Reviews / Riders of Justice by joeldamos

Moby is one of the most elusive artists of his generation. Of course, hundreds of millions of him know him from his most successful endeavor, the smash release that is Play. Now, he has turned the camera on himself with a documentary that is simply entitled, Moby Doc. It’s not […]

Moby Doc Review: Animals Good, People Bad… Or Are They?

May 28, 2021 in Movie Reviews tagged Moby / Moby Doc / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

It is hard to know where to start with the film Funhouse. There’s just terrible film quality. It doesn’t look like it was shot on film and it also doesn’t quite appear as if it was shot on digital. Given the film’s budget, I would guess the latter, but still, […]

Funhouse Review: What If Big Brother Met a Silly Saw?!

May 28, 2021 in Movie Reviews tagged Funhouse / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

Many idioms out of Hollywood that has remained constant over the years, and one immediately comes to mind when thoughts turn to Disney’s Cruella. Remember this one? If the actors on the screen are having fun, so too will the audience. That is absolutely the case with this live-action origins […]

Cruella Review: Emma Stone Finds That The Truth Is Not ...

May 27, 2021 in Movie Reviews tagged Cruella / Emma Stone / Emma Thompson / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

The latest Disney’s Jungle Cruise trailer is here, starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt (soon to be seen in A Quiet Place: Part II). The film, inspired by the theme park ride (which worked well for Pirates of the Caribbean), finds Blunt’s Dr. Lily Houghton hiring Johnson’s boat captain Frank […]